Claude Lancelot

Claude Lancelot (c. 1615–1695) was a Jansenist monk and grammarian.

Lancelot was born in Paris. He participated in the creation of the Petites écoles de Port-Royal in May 1638 (then under the spiritual guidance of the Jean Duvergier de Hauranne, the abbot of Saint-Cyran).

Lancelot was placed in charge of the education of the duke of Chevreuse and of the princes of Conti.

Lancelot was the author of Nouvelle méthode pour apprendre la langue latine (New Method of Learning Latin, 1644); of Nouvelle méthode pour apprendre la langue grecque (New Method of Learning Greek, 1655); of Jardin des racines grecques (Garden of the Greek Roots, 1660); of Grammaire générale et raisonnée (General and Rational Grammar, 1667); and, with Antoine Arnauld, of the Port-Royal Grammar (1660).

In early 1660, Lancelot was forced to leave the abbey, and was ultimately exiled to Brittany.

Lancelot died near the Holy-Cross Abbey, in Quimperlé, in 1695.

• La Grammaire de Port Royal Claude Lancelot & Antoine Arnauld, e-book downloadable (Epub).

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